Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-06
NOVELTIES m FIREWORKS.
Wonderful Combinations In New Rockets
Tiger Lilies and Fiery Pens.

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chemist, aud keeps a chemist in his en-
ploy, and the solo line OF investigation is
in combinations OF explosives which shall
mako noise without limit aud colored
flames in the greatest variety. There iS
no device in this line tha. has ever reached
the stage of popularity attained By tho
Roman candle. The long papcr tubo, with
its volume of sparks never ceasing and
its round balls Of bright light leaping up
to the tops Of tho houses, Is sold almost
by tho thousand million. Oae would think
it hard to improve the old favorite cosored
fire. balls, but this year a ruby ball hns
been brought out that will astonish the
spectators at all sorts OF displays. Nat
urally the chemists who discovered the
ruby-colored fires for Roman candles
adapted the samo material to rochete,
and tho latest rocket will burst at great
altitude and throw out huge
cloud OF rubies, to be followed in
moment by cloud Of sapphire me-
tcors, and little lator By q third BURST Of
enieralds. The metoors shoot away In
true meteoric lines and burn for an aston
ishing length Of time. Another new
rocket displays a golden burst Of stream
ers, which fly away until finally the hcad
Of each bursts in turn, showing dazzling
cloud of varicgated jewels. Nothing so
beautiful has ever been produced in this
line as these, but il is doubtful whethcr
they viii be any moro popular than q new
sort of rocket thaS on bursting, throws
out a whole circus Of aerial contortionists.
The curious way in which these little ath-
letes of flame will dance about in the
skies will excite the as'onishment Of every
ono by their novelty. Another new rocket
is designed exclusively for noise, and is
by some called the dynamite rocket b
has short light stick, shaped like u
feathered arrow, which keeps 10 In its
course, but is still so light that an unusual
charge Of explosive may bo placed in the
head. You see, one sort Of powder iS'
placed In the body Of the rocket to send 10,
up into the air. This powder serves as Q,
fuse as we'll as power to lIfb
the rocket, and when the fire
reaches the head or upper point Of
tho rocket it ignitos different sort OF
powder, which instantly explodes, max
ing tho noise. The ncisc would be called
great If made on the ground, but when the
roar of tho explosion sounds from q height
or three hundred or four hundred foct,
the effect is immense. In fact, tho feature
or tho trade this year is tho rocket In It's
new varieties, although we expect the
Roman candies to outsell the rockets very
much.
'However, tho novelties re not oou-
fl ned TO rockets. The chomists have
been trying TO initiate nature by bring
ing out tiger lily. The tiger lily OF ross
looks like pill box with string attached
to the middle of the top, and it has q hole
in one sile. The small boy holds the end
of the string at arms length, touches his.
burning punk to the hoie, and instantly
the prosaic pill box goes a whirling aud
throwing out colorcd sparks into very
good semblancc OF the tigor lily. Another
novelty is in tho shape of common rcd
wooden penholder, with threo-fourths OF
lis length wrapped in tin-foiL You grab
the wooden end in one hand, touch or tho
other, and a shower of golden and silver
leaves floats away like colored snow.
Like all OF the now fireworks, 1t Is safe
to handle.
"While not scen in this city for tho first
time this year, tho Chinese rattan bombe.
will b. a novo'ty throughout the country.
The fire-cracker exists solcly that 1t may
make a noise as 1T goes out OF existenoc..
This new bomb is q make up ot fire-crack-
er powder and paper into a rectangular
package Of about the model of half q
pound OF soda crackers. 1t is then wound
around in every direction with many
layers or split rattan until tho package is
enlarged TO twice it's original siza, and
the powder is confined almost as IL in q
and fire the fuse. The explosion will
make your neighbors think you have pur-
chased q brass howitZer. Tho d-fash-
ioned cannon 1re-crackor Is not cir
cumstance. Besides the little package
six inches through will have swelled after
bursting into half bushel of rattan
sphnts to the delight of the children and
the astonish shment Of those who see 10 for
the first time.
"The paper fire-craclsers are noiser this
year than ever, because OF new method.
OF contining the powder Resin is used
instead OF clay at tho ends and around
tho powder, scaling in and confning tho
explosive more firmly.
"a pyrotechnic curiosity that Is growing
in popular favor is the coored flying pig
con. II locks like a double e-barreled rock
OF with hole through the rib that con-
meets the two tubes. Around the two
tubes IS colore1 wheel. You string g.
wire between two trees or posts q hun
dred yards apart, slipping the wire first.
through the hole in the connecting rih.
Then you fire tho fuse and away your
pigeon goes, throwing colored sparks In o
big cloud around it, and leaving long
trail OF flame and smoke behind, until,
reaching the end OF tho wire, IL suddenly
starts back again, throwing of new and
more beautiful combinations Of fire than
before. The spectators seldom expect the
return Of the pigeon, and It Is astonishing
to them as well as delightful II looks
about as much like pigeon as q skyrocllesi
looks like heu hawk.
"a curious form of the rocket Is called
the colored geyscr. 1t is placed horizon
tally on the ground, and when fired IL
rises, whirling, directly upward, its ap-
pearance being much like that Of q horizon
tai wheel rising in the air.
''To New Workers it is not much o mat
ter Of wonderment- perhaps, but in the
interior, wherever lakes and rivers ara
convenient, the best place for an exhibi-
tion OF fireworks is on the water. Bat
terics, geysers, and Brial bouquets have
been devised tha: can be fred on the wa
ter, whiio the sea specialties, like the div
Ing devils, flying fish, floating illumina--
tions, water volcanoes, fountains, and
wheels, produce effects that to the uuin-
itiated seem to be magical. The diving
devils are well named. They are crooked
roc4ets which, when lig hted ard thrown
hundred feet out into the water, dive
down beneath the surface, only TO leap
out again, end again plunge beneath the
water, like some real devil striving vsinly'
TO fee from its burning torment.
''Thcre is but ono other novelty that j
havo not described, and that Is the way Of
doing up colorcd or Greek fire. Tho old
way is to pour the powder out of a box on
10 the pavement and fire it. This year
you will take cloth sausage out Of box,
lay it on the walk, and light one ond..
The powder is confined by the cloth tube,
and, while the illumination Is quite as
good, the stun does not burn as rapidly
nor with sudden puff, and there is more.
light for the same moneys worth Of pow
der.'
Growth of Evanyeilcaf Churohes,
The Isdepeadeat regards the year 1850 as
the most prosperous one Che evangelical
churches have had for q long period In
auunort ~ fbta vic ,v II collaeta from tho-